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Old 20th December 2007, 11:56 PM   #1
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How you guys going?

You fair OK?

Was a big one 6.8

Extensive damage as huge quake hits NZ's east coast - World - theage.com.au

But you do get a lot!

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New Zealand scientists record around 14,000 earthquakes a year, of which around 20 top 5.0 on the Richter scale.
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Old 21st December 2007, 12:27 AM   #2
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I saw that on the news this morning, too.


Hello......click click, come in New Zealand, can you read us...... click click, over.....

Jim NZ, how's it going? Looks like the epicenter was just offshore of where you live. Everything OK?
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Old 21st December 2007, 06:22 AM   #3
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I saw that on the news this morning, too.


Hello......click click, come in New Zealand, can you read us...... click click, over.....

Jim NZ, how's it going? Looks like the epicenter was just offshore of where you live. Everything OK?
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I think Jim's, still partying around the world?....errr...working, Still I hope it wasn't to devistating nature doesn't muck around, It's two weeks since the hail storm hit our area and all you can see is a sea of tarps on the roofs around here.
All The Best, New Zealand.
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Old 21st December 2007, 12:56 PM   #4
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Hey fellas,

Haha yea right JayD . I like work too much to just travel, besides your right if i didnt work id just party all the time...until the money un out haha.

Na we been too busy kicking the Aussie ass in the trans tasman climbing comp!!! Had nationals the next day too so couldnt party until after that.

I felt the quake here in Tauranga, earthquakes are so strange, when the whole house starts shaking you know theres some power behind there. It was pretty gentle where i was.

Was it really that bad? No one was hurt at all just a couple of old buildings fell over thats it i think...
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Old 21st December 2007, 05:20 PM   #5
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What would be the pro's and con's of an Earthquake relating a tree's health?
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Old 25th December 2007, 06:10 AM   #6
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What would be the pro's and con's of an Earthquake relating a tree's health?
cons soil compaction i'd say.....
Pros decompaction work.......
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Our hearts go out to the people down in Christchurch, Second quake alot worse than the first one!!

So far 65 People dead with a huge number of people trapped in buildings in the CBD.
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Old 23rd February 2011, 08:36 AM   #8
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Rough times
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Old 23rd February 2011, 07:13 PM   #9
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Poor Christchurch has been hammered, it's a shocker the quake that hit yesterday and only months after the last one.

Very sad, many deaths and I heard people's limbs were being amputated to free them so they could get rescued.

The paper had heaps of pictures, awful to see such devastation. Aftershocks rumbling every half hour just to rattle your nerves.
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